Throwing too many balls to guys wearing the other colors continued to be a concern with Jake Delhomme, even though he didn’t throw any interceptions at Miami.

When Delhomme unloaded under pressure in a 10-all game with less than two minutes left, rookie cornerback Nolan Carroll dropped what looked like a sure pick-six.

One troublesome part is the ease with which opponents are sniffing out potential picks.

Carroll told the Miami Herald: “I knew it was coming before the play even happened.”

Eric Mangini defended Delhomme’s performance Monday, saying: “Jake was a little over 70 percent (in completion percentage), with a good quarterback rating. We didn’t have any turnovers, and we were able to move the ball even when they were up there stopping the run.”

ROOKIE WATCH

Rookie cornerback Joe Haden kept breaking up Miami passes and said he had no idea why the Dolphins kept throwing at him.

His biggest mistake of the day turned into an interception. He got smoked on a double move by Brian Hartline but made a pick when Chad Henne underthrew.

“You can’t bite on that,” Mangini said. “The guy who saved him was (nose tackle Ahtyba) Rubin. He had his hand up, and the way Henne had to throw it was a totally different arc, so he wasn’t able to rifle it in.”

Mangini still won’t say when rookie quarterback Colt McCoy might return from a high ankle sprain.

“That will be another Wednesday deal,” Mangini said. “He was going to do some working out today. We will see how he pulls up tomorrow.”

EXTRA POINTS

• Miami Herald columnist Armando Salguero should get out more. In calling it Miami’s worst 2010 loss in his Browns-Dolphins postmortem column, Salguero wrote: “Sure, it was only a three-point loss. Sure, the Dolphins had a couple of shining moments and didn’t get embarrassed as they did two games ago against Chicago. But these are the Browns, people. The Browns are a bad team ...”

Recent wins over the Saints and Patriots and the close call in overtime against the Jets must have occurred when the Internet was down in South Florida.

• Miami has made its fans miserable. Losing to Cleveland dropped Miami to 1-5 in home games. The Browns are 3-3 at home, 2-4 on the road.

• The Browns could be in for a snow bowl at Buffalo. One day after flying home from South Florida, Eric Mangini said, “We’re moving into Arctic month ... it was fun driving home last night.”